The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
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600 pamphlets, and some manuscripts.
Frank Hiscock, Republican, was elected
United States Senator by the New York
Legislature on the 10Th The Massachusetts
Legislature reelected II. L. Dawes, Repub-
lican, as United States Senator.
Governor-elect Green was inaugurated
Governor Of New Jersey on the 18th. In his
inaugural address he favored the taxation
of corporation and individual property upon
the same basis.
William E. Mead, aged twenty-seven
years, was murdered in cold blood on the
night of the 10Th at White Plains, N. Y,
being shot through the head while standing
on the stoop of his fathers store by two
strange men. The murderers fed, but were
pursued by three policemen, and when
about to be overtaken shot themselves,
dying in short time.
A resolution was introduced in the Penn
sylvania Senate on the 10th, requesting Con-
gress to pass . constitutional amendment
for the election Of United States Senators
directly by the people.
The large supply buildings of the Onon-
daga Iron Company's blast furnace at
the 10th, causing loss of $75, ,0O0 William
Toole, an employe, was struck by falling
timber and fatally injured.
New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont indi-
cate that January 10 was the coolest Of the
season, the thermometer registering from
IA degrees below zero in Massachusetts to
40 degrees below in quite q number of
places in New Hampshire, Vermont and
Maine.
At sharon, Pa, on the Goth four boys
named Joseph Traxler, Faltis Burke, Elias
Thomas and j. Marchie were coasting on
double sled. When going down hill at
terrific speed the sled encountered an OBJ
| struction, smashing it to splinters and
throwing the occupants ten feet in the air
All sustained serious if not fatal injuries.
Pinkerton detectives who were on duty
protecting the men at work in the coal
sheds at Hoboken, N. j., on the Goth fired
| on a group of boys who were annoying
| them with snowballs, killing Thomas Ho-
gan, a fourteen-year-old lad. The men
were recognized and arrested.
| A vein of silver has been discovered in q
rocky ridge in Glenridge, Bloomfield town.
ship, Essex County, M. A load Of the
ore has been assayed and found to contain
about go worth of silver. A stock COM
| pany has been formed to work the mine.
The fine residence Of Jewett NJ. Rich,
mond at Buffalo, N. Y, burned on the 10Th
| entailing loss of nearly $4,000 Amoug
1
with valuable pictures and plate.
At Salem, Mass, on tho 10th George d
Hosmer, the oarsman, defeated John
Meagher, the well-known pedestrian, in
ten-mile walk for purse Of 500.
Oil was struck near Loyal Hanna, Pa.
on the Goth at a depth OF one thousand feet
The strike caused much excitement through
out the county, as it opens up new field.
The annual examination at West Poin
was completed on the 21st. Thirty-nin
cadets were found deficient and have beel
dismissed.
A family Of three persons named Litherly
living at Eliot, Me-, were poisoned by cal
ing canned beef few days ago. Tn
mother and daughter can not recover an
the husband was in critical condition.
Business failures occurring throughou
the country during the seven days ende
January 81 number for the United State
. 276, Canada IS, a total Of 301 against 1923 tn
previous week.
Furnace employees at Sharon, Pa, hav
been granted an advance of fifteen cent
, per day by the operators, to take effec
February l. Mill men will be advance
proportionately.
At Poughkeepsie, N. Y, on the 21st
, switch engine collided with an incomin
! Cincinnati express on the New York Ger
tral railroad Alexander Coates and Barne
A Morgan, engineer and fireman respec
!. lively Of the switch engine, were fatally II
b jured. No other person was hurt.